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FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY 
IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 

COMMISSIONERS FOREST PRESERVE 

PETER REINBERG, President 

TOM MURRAY SOBERT W. McKINLAY 

BARTLEY BURG GEORGE A. MILLER 

WILLIAM BUSSE ALBERT NOWAK 

JOSEPH CAROLAN DUDLEY D. PIERSON 

JOSEPH M. FITZGERALD PETER REINBERG 

CHARLES N. GOODNOW DANIEL RYAN 

WILLIAM H. MACLEAN EMMETT WHEALAN 
FRANK J. WILSON 




COOK COUNTY IN 1818 

WHERE THE PRESERVES ARE LOCATED 
HOW TO REACH THEM 



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THE FOREST PRESERVES IN THEIR 

SPRINGTIME SPLENDOR 

BECKON TO YOU 

Citizens of Cook County: 

Cook County's chain of forest preserves — more than 
15,000 acres of picturesque woodland, with its lakes, 
rivers, hills and trails all easily accessible — consti- 
tutes a great public playground completely encircling 
the City of Chicago. Wherever you may live, it is 
only a step into this realm of natural beauties. 

Street cars and railway trains, both steam and elec- 
tric, take you into the very heart of this forest zone, 
where you may roam at will. Concrete roads, equal 
to the city's boulevards, lead to, through and around 
these tracts with the endless attractions. 

Within the preserves will be found winding trails 
leading to athletic fields, parking places, picnicking 
spots and no end of points of historical interest. And 
wherever possible improvements have been made to 
increase the usefulness of the grounds to the people. 
Drinking fountains, comfort stations and shelters are 
everywhere. 

Animal life and bird life remain undisturbed under 
the laws of the preserve district. The only restric- 
tions imposed upon visitors, who are welcome at all 
times, relate to the safety of the visitors themselves 
and to the conservation of the trees, the plants and 
the animal life. 

With the view to adding to the attractiveness of 
the preserves, the Board of Forest Preserve Commis- 
sioners has started plans for the establishment of the 
world's greatest zoological gardens and the world's 
greatest arboretum. In the zoo the public will find op- 
portunity for study of animal life. In the arboretum 
will be the same opportunity for study of tree and 
plant life. 

By the construction of bridges, concrete fords, roads 
and pathways through the forest, the Board has un- 



dertaken to solve the problem of the tourist within 
the woodland realm. How that was appreciated in 
the past year was shown by the number of visitors — 
a total of 1,500,000. - 

Special facilities are also provided for campers. 
Last year over 1,100 permits were issued to organiza- 
tions seeking to establish camps free from molestation. 
These permits are free of charge to the visiting organ- 
izations who desire the arrangements for special loca- 
tions on specified dates. 

lilvery preserve district has its recreational features, 
as well as its fields for natural research and historical 
pursuits. Golf links are being constructed as rap- 
idly as the demand grows, baseball diamonds are laid 
out in nearly every section, and tennis courts will 
eventually be available on each tract. 

For the motorist a delightful trip of a day, or days, 
is possible in Preserve territory without ever leaving 
the concrete roadways unless one is on adventure bent. 
In that case there are tempting trails, easily passable, 
striking into the heart of the woodland. Guide signs 
obviate the chance of a tourist's getting "lost in the 
jungle. ' ' 

Swimming, boating and fishing are all a part of this 
wonderful outdoor life in the Preserves. The concrete 
fords and dams built in the Desplaines and Chicago 
Rivers have been the means of backing up the water 
and providing unexcelled bathing beaches. The Des- 
plaines has long been noted for "good fishing" and 
scientific stocking is making it better. Fish ladders 
are a feature of all the dams. 

What will be of equal interest to the citizenship of 
the County is the fact that these vast stretches of for- 
est land have been acquired at a minimum of cost. 
Practically every cent levied for forest preserve pur- 
poses has been actually invested in w^oodland at a rea- 
sonable purchase price. 

Members of the County Board, acting as Forest 
Preserve Commissioners without extra compensation, 
have established this district with a policy of paying 
an honest price aiid not one cent more for the desir- 

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able tracts. Wherever owners have been unreasonable 
in their demands condemnation proceedings have been 
instituted. 

This string of forests, forming a great outer park 
belt for Chicago and Cook County, happily includes 
virtually all the territory which figured so prominently 
in the County's early history. A hundred years ago 
this playground of today was the battlefield of the 
savage redskin. 

In the Palos Hills are the ruins of French forts 
esFablished in the days when the French explorers and 
their soldiers were contesting with the Indians. 
Throughout the Desplaines Eiver Valley is found the 
abundant evidence of the reign of the red man. Ruins 
of villages are there for your inspection. 

The portages between the rivers used by the Indians 
and the fur traders have left their marks. Not a 
single tract in the Forest Preserve District is without 
its part in history which adds to the fascination the 
wooded tracts ordinarily have for the recreation 
seeker. 

Remarkable as it may appear to you, Cook County 
forests standing at Chicago's ''back door" constitute 
a national attraction yet to be recognized locally. 
While Chicagoans are dreaming of the redwood for- 
ests of California and the pine forests of Maine, artists 
are coming afar to make nature studies here in Cook 
County. 

In the southern end of the county the ''home tour- 
ist" will find tlie far-famed Palos Hills, the incom- 
parable Sag Timber, much of which is yet to be ex- 
plored; the beautiful Beverly Hills, where the Indians 
maintained a signal tower; the Sauk Trail district at 
Chicago Heights; the junction of the Dixie and Lincoln 
Highways; the Thornton-Glenwood Tract, with the 
celebrated Marinuka Springs, and the State Line dis- 
trict. 

In the west lies the Salt Creek valley, covered with 
timber such as is found nowhere else in the country, 
the Portage preserve marking the spot where Indians 

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and French voyageurs launched their canoes in the 
waters' of the Desplaines, the Riverside woods, the 
Marquette woods, supposedly the summit of the county, 
and the wonderful Thatcher Woods, long a rendezvous 
for picnickers and students of nature. 

The northwest has real beauty spots, also. Deer 
Grove, with its superb lake, its deer preserves, its 
camping facilities and 1,150 acres of hilly woodland, 
has been an attraction for years. Elk Grove presents 
1,600 acres of forest in its natural state. The Des- 
plaines Eiver valley is still just what is was in the days 
when the Pottawatomie Indians chose it as their home 
— the ' ' realm of beautiful country. ' ' 

To the north of the City of Chicago is the equally 
beautiful Chicago Eiver valley — the north branch. 
There visitors find the old haunts of the Indians and 
French explorers and missionaries. There also is 
found the public golf links, the vast fields of wild 
flowers and the favorite picnicking spots. Still fur- 
ther north is tlie picturesque Skokie valley and tito 
historically famous Turnbull Tract. 

For the lover of nature the Preserves with their ever- 
changing aspects and views, their various trees, 
shrubs, fl^owers and animal life will be found a source 
of genuine pleasure and instruction. To those with 
weakened bodies and unstrung nerves, the ozone-laden 
air and quietude of the forests will restore that vigor 
of body and tranquility of mind so necessary to the 
full enjoyment of life. 

But the acquisition of this wonderful outer park 
belt, insuring as it does the preservation of the 
county's wooded territory for present and future gen- 
erations, does not of itself constitute full realization 
of the Forest Preserve idea. That comes only when 
the mass of the people are educated to utilization of 
these outdoor facilities for recreation. 

While the Board is proud of the record of 1,500,000 
visitors for last year, a total of 5,000,000 visitors dur- 
ing the year of 1920 would be closer to public recog- 
nition of the attractions of the preserves. Then would 
the great masses of the people reap the full benefits 

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which were in the minds of the Illinois legislators when 
the Forest Preserve Act was passed. 

It is with this in mind that the Board is issuing this 
pamphlet, hoping that it will serve to awaken public 
interest in the preserves to the extent that the people 
will take the attached guide with maps and spend their 
Sundays, holidays and vacations in this "wonder coun- 
try^' right^t home. 

^^A^\Cj Eespectfully, 

O ^ \!^ ■ PETER REINBERG, 

President of the Board of Forest Preserve Commis- 
sioners. 



FACTS ABOUT FOREST PRESERVES 



DEER GROVE (Northwest) — 1,150 
Acres 

What to See There — 

Miles and miles of hilly, wooded land, carpeted with flowers 
and shrubs of every known variety and serving as the refuge 
for all species of bird and animal life common to the north- 
west section of the country. 

An 850-acre deer preserve, giving visitors an opportunity 
for study of this animal in its truly natural life. This pre- 
serve also boasts a flock of 500 sheep purchased by the Dis- 
trict in answer to the recent war-time appeal for production 
of wool. 

A 25-acre artificial lake, a refuge for water fowl and ani- 
mals, a delight to the fisherman as a result of the scientific 
stocking, and an ideal spot for those interested in boating and 
water sports. 

Camp Reinberg, with its athletic fields, baseball diamonds 
and big shelter houses supplied with running water from the 
springs which are found, invariably improved, in all sections 
of the forest. 

How to Get There — 

By automobile from Chicago, take Milwaukee Avenue to 
Ballard Road in Maine Township, to Rand Road, to Dundee 
Road, to Quinten's Corner Road, which turns north, penetrat- 
ing and skirting the preserve and connecting with well-beaten 
old trails which lead to scores of picturesque spots. All im- 
proved roads. 

By rail, take Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to Palatine, 
thence via Palatine, Lake Zurich and Waucanda Railroad, 
which stops within the preserve at Camp Reinberg (old Deer 
e-rove Park, where thousands of poor children get annual out- 
ings ) . 

(Note — The preserve caretaker lives at the junction of the 
Dundee and the Lake Zurich roads.) 

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ELK GROVE (Northwest)— 1,600 Acres 

How to Get There — 

By automobile take Milwaukee Avenue to Higgins Road, 
thence west and northwest direct into preserve. 

By rail take Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to Arlington 
Heights, thence direct south on highAvay that leads to preserve. 

What to See There — 

1,600 acres of virgin timber land that stands exactly as it 
did in the pre-historic and Indian days when it constituted a 
hunting ground that brought the redskins from hundreds of 
miles around in their canoes. 

Hardwood tiniber, which naturalists say is equaled nowhere 
in the country. Lily ponds which are a delight to city folk 
and nature lovers alike. Birds refuges that abound in every 
known specie of feathered animal. 



DESPLAINES RIVER VALLEY (West 
and Northwest) 

For over 21 miles this stretch of superb woodland skirts the 
shores of the Desplaines, running from North Avenue in Leyden 
Township to the northern county line. The Desplaines River 
Road, improved from end to end, provides a means of trans- 
portation to every section. 

How to Get to the Wheeling Tract or Pottawatomie Woods 
(667 acres at the northernmost end of the Preserve). 

How to Get There — 

By auomobile take Milwaukee Avenue, skirting preserve in 
Wheeling Township, via Dundee Road, which leads into pre-\ 
serve. 

By rail take Soo Line Railroad to Wheeling, within walking 
distance of choicest sections of the preserve, where picnickers 
congregate by thousands. 

What to See There — 

Old Grove Portage of Indian days to be marked by construc- 
tion of concrete roadbed in bottom of river for an automobile 
ford marked by iron uprights on which will run a foot bridge. 

Scene of reception given Father Marquette, French explorer, 
who surprised the Pottawatomie Indians here — the white man's 
first visit to Cook County, 1673. 

NOTE — As at other preserves, all popular picnic grounds 
have been equipped with shelters, drinking fountains and pub- 
lic conveniences. 

How to Get to Northwestern Grove (extending from the Town 
of Desplaines to Higgins Road). 

By automobile take Milwaukee Avenue to Ballard Road, 
thence direct into the village of Desplaines. To make the more 
picturesque river drive, take Washington Boulevard to Thatcher 
Avenue, north to River Grove, Grand Avenue west to River 
Road, which follows river north, the length of the preserve to 
the village of Desplaines. 

By rail take Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to the town 
of Desplaines. 

What to See There — 

A wonderfully improved park system established in_ one of 
the most picturesque tracts of natural forests that existed m 

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Cook County, including the old Senne Woods, which abound in 
historical lore. 

Old sites of a half dozen Indian villages. Th« Desplaines 
River Valley was the real home of the Pottawatomie Indians. 



NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER 
VALLEY (Including Forest Glen, 
Caldwell Reservation, Turnbull 
Woods, Injun Clark Woods and 
Glen view) 

How to Get There — 

To Forest Glen, by automobile north to Peterson Avenue, 
thence west on Peterson to Forest Glen Avenue. By street 
car, take any northbound car to Lawrence Avenue, transfer to 
North LeClaire (Fifty-first Avenue) to end of the line and walk 
north about three-fourths mile. By rail, take Chicago, Mil- 
waukee & St. Paul Railroad to Forest Glen station, Avhich is on 
south line of the plreserve. 

To Caldwell Reservation, by auto and street car, take Mil- 
waukee Avenue car to end of the line. By rail, take Chicago, 
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to Edgebrook station and then 
walk westerly about one mile. 

To Turnbull, by auto take Sheridan Road to county line, 
thence west about one-half mile, or Green Bay Road to county 
line, then east to preserve entrance. Green Bay Road skirts 
preserve. By rail, take Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to 
Braeside station or Chicago & North Shore Electric Railway to 
same station (county line) and walk west one-quarter mile. 

To Injun Clark woods by auto take Milwaukee Avenue to town 
of Wheeling, thence east on Dundee Road to preserve, one mile 
east of village of Schermerville, or take Milwaukee Avenue 
and Waukegan Road to Schermerville, then northeast one mile 
to the Dundee Road and the preserve, or take Sheridan Road to 
Glencoe, then west on the Wheeling Road to just west of the 
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad (the Lake Bluff cut-off). By 
rail, take Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to Schermer- 
ville and M^alk east about one mile to Dundee Road and the 
preserve. 

To Glenview, by auto take Milwaukee Avenue to north line 
of the village of Niles, thence north on the Chicago and Wau- 
kegan Road to point opposite Golf station, thence east through 
golf links to preserve, or take Milwaukee Avenue to Glenview 
Road, thence east to about one mile east of the village of Glen- 
view, or take Lincoln Avenue throiigh Niles Center to Harms 
Road to preserve, or Sheridan Road to Church Street, or Cen- 
tral Street, Evanston, or to Lake Street, Wilmette, and then 
west about four miles to Harms Road and the preserve, or take 
Broadway and turn northwest on Ridge Road to Church Street, 
Evanston, then west four miles to Harms Road to center of 
preserve. By rail take Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- 
road to Golf station and then walk east about one mile on road 
through golf club to preserve, or take Chicago & Northwestern 
Railroad or Northwestern Elevated Lines to Central Street, 
Evanston ; take Central Street car to end of line, take trolley 
line to Glenview Golf Club and the preserves. 

What to See There — 

Forest Glen. Acres upon acres of timber land which was 
considered the beauty spot about Checaugau (Indian Chicago) 
in the days when Skokie Lake that is now Skokie swamp was 

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filled with the canoes of Indians bent upon trade, game or 
warfare. The woodland is interwoven with kettle valleys that 
were the delight of the red men. 

Caldwell Reservation. All forest land that was awarded to 
Billy Caldwell, the educated Indian chief Avho won govern- 
ment favors hy his services to the hard-pressed white settlers 
and soldiers in the Fort Dearborn massacre. The remnants of 
the original Caldwell home, still standing in the center of a 
section since grown into popularity as a haunt of picnickers. 

Turnbull. Still bearing the Turnbull homestead, established 
by one of Cook County's pioneers in the days when this and 
all other territory north of the Indian Boundary Line (present 
Rogers Avenue in Chicago) was acknowledged Indian territory. 
Borders on the Green Bay trail (Green Bay Road of today), 
the most heavily traveled ''road to the north" of Indian days. 
Within a half mile of the lake and an ideal recreation spot. 

Injun Clark Woods. Another favorite Indian haunt and 
hunting ground, still bearing marks of the mode of living of 
the aborigines. Here is to be found the sand ridge on which 
Albert Sclaarf says the red men loved to tarry to be "rocked 
to sleep with the roar and roaring of the storms of Lake 
Michigan." 

Glenview. The Cook County home of the wild canaries and 
virtually every known specie of song and game birds. Timber 
land such as Chicagoans would marvel over were they to see it 
in some far-off distant land and ground that has a bit of his- 
torical significance for every inch. 



THATCHER WOODS (West) 

How-to Get There — 

By automobile take Washington Boulevard west to Thatcher 
Avenue, then north to Chicago Avenue and the Thatcher Park 
preserve. By rail, take Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to 
River Forest. By street car, take either Madison Street or 
Lake Street cars (two fares required) or take Oak Park Ele- 
vated Road to western terminal (one fare), thence walk west 
to preserve. To Steele tract sailie route as preserves are 
adjoining. 

What to See There — 

Hundreds of acres of forest land, just beyond the city limits, 
that has long been recognized by scientists as Cook County's 
foremost specimen of virgin oak and maple forest. For years 
it has been recognized as a popular picnic grounds, thousands 
of Chicagoans having visited the grounds on Sundays. A!] 
public conveniences and shelter. Springs providing the piirest 
fortm of drinking water known are found on every side of the 
preserve. 



SALT CREEK VALLEY 

(Woodland covering both banks of this famous water- 
way of Indian days, running the Desplaines Eivor 
to the western county line.) 

How to Get There — 

By automobile, take Jackson Boulevard to Oak Park Avenue, 
thence south to Harrison Street, west on Harrison to Des- 
plaines Avenue, or Washington Boulevard to Desplaines Ave- 

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nue, south to Twelfth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, LaGrange, 
then south to Salt Creek. 

By rail, take Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad to 
Riverside or LaGrange, or take Twenty-second Street car to 
46th Avenue, and thence by Chicago and LaGrange trolley to 
Salt Creek, or take Douglas Park Elevated to Austin Avenue 
and LaGrange trolley. To McCormick zoo tract, leave trolley 
at Forbes Road; to Portage preserve, transfer to Berwyn or 
Lyons trolley, getting off'at Desplaines River. 

What to See There — 

Timber land that is unexcelled anywhere in the world. The 
Salt Creek Valley has been characterized as the most pictures- 
que river valley in the country, artists coming from everywhere 
to study it. For a mile and a half the river runs in a north- 
erly course, the only place in the State of Illinois where water 
-runs north. The McCormick tract containing two picnic groves 
that have long been popular, now selected as the location for 
the "world's greatest zoological gardens" to be established 
by the Forest Preserve District. What has been styled the 
most natural golf course in the ., country, for improvement of 
which plans have already been laid. 



BEVERLY HILLS (The Beauty Spot of 
the South Side) 

How to Get There — 

By automobile, take Michigan Boulevard south to Garfield 
Boulevard, west to Western Avenue, south to Eighty-fifth 
Street, which is the north line of the preserve. 

By street car, take Ashland Avenue car to Eighty-seventh 
Street and walk west one-half mile to the eastern boundary line 
of the preserve. 

By rail, take Rock Island Railroad from LaSalle Street 
station to Beverly Hills station and walk one block west to 
preserve. 

What to See There — 

Starved Rock's only rival in Illinois, the promontory of solid 
rock tliat was utilized by the Indians as a lookout in the days 
when quick signaling was necessary to mobilize the redskin 
warriors against invading white men. Completely equipped 
picnic grounds that have been used for years. Picturesque 
scenerv such as found nowhere else in the county. 



PALOS HILLS AND SAG TIMBER 
(Southwest) 

Where seventeenth century history was made in Cook County. 
Over 7,000 acres extending along the Drainage Canal and back 
into the famous Sag District. 

How to Get There — 

Section 3 — Go south on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth 
Street and west on Ninety-fifth to Keene Avenue. Paved roads 
all the way. 

Section 4 — Same road directions. By rail take Chicago & 
Joliet Electric Railway to Willow Springs, where the station 
is less than 300 feet from the entrance to the preserve. 

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Section 5 — Take Archer Avenue to Fairmount, either by 
automobile or street car. 

Sections 7 and 8 — Take Archer Avenue car to Maple Hill 
station, thence south on Maple Hill road about 500 feet. 

Section 9 — Go south on Western Avenue to Ninety-fifth 
Street, west on Ninety-fifth Street to road, one and a half 
miles west of pavement's end on Ninety-fifth, then one-half 
mile south. 

Sections 17 and 18 — South on "Western Avenue to Ninety- 
fifth Street, then west on Ninety-fifth to Keene Avenue, south 
on Keene Avenue to Bluff Road (107th Street), west on 107th 
Street to the preserve. 

Sections 21, 27 and 28 — South on Western Avenue to Ninety- 
fifth Street, west on Ninety-fifth to Keene Avenue, south on 
Keene Avenue to One Hundred and Nineteenth Street, west on 
One Hundred and Nineteenth one-half mile. 

Sections 22 and 23 — Same as directions for 21, but go east 
on One Hundred and Nineteenth Street three-fourths mile, then 
north one-quarter mile to Palos Springs a short distance east 
of the road. 

Lyons Township — Take Archer Avenue to Keene Avenue and 
south on Keene Avenue one-half mile. 

What to See There — 

Over 7,000 acres of the wildest and most picturesque forest 
land in the country, a tract in which naturalists and historians 
might well spend weeks. It is threaded with well beaten trails 
which follow the lines taken by the Indians and French set- 
tlers in the county's earliest days. 

Ruins of two French forts are to be found in the preserves 
and will soon bear identifying marks to be fixed by the Forest 
Preserve Commission. It was in these forests that Marquette 
took refuge from floods on his second trip into ' 'The Illinois." 



THORNTON - GLENWOOD TRACT 
(Including the celebrated Marinuka 
Springs) 

How to Get There — 

To Thornton by auto, take Michigan Boulevard south to 
Garfield Boulevard, west to Normal Boulevard, south to Mar- 
quette Road, west to Halsted Street, south to One Hundred 
and Forty-seventh Street, west to Center Avenue, Harvey; 
south to One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Street, east to Blue 
Island Road and south to Thornton. Preserve lies south of 
village and east of C. & E. I. Railroad. 

By street car, take Halsted Street car to Sixty-third Street 
Elevated Railroad station and take Crete Electric Line to 
Franklin depot and walk east one mile to Thornton. 

By rail, take Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad from Dear- 
born Street station to Thornton, station within walking dis- 
tance of preserve. 

To Glenwood, by auto same route as to Thornton, thence 
sovith one and one-half miles to preserve, which lies one-half 
mile west of village. 

By street car, same route as to Thornton, only continue on 
Crete Electric to Glenwood station and walk one mile east to 
preserve. 

By rail, take C. & E. I. Railroad from Dearborn Street sta- 
tion to Glenwood station and walk east to preserve. 

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What to See Theife — 

Picnic grounds set down in hundreds of acres of superior 
forests that have shown their popularity by the visits of hun- 
dreds of thousands even before the improvements made by 
the Forest Preserve Commission. The site that has been 
selected by historians as the site of the Battle of South Chi- 
cago, a battle of the Revolutionary War in which Americans 
and Indians were pitted against the British frpm Fort St. 
Joseph. 



SAUK TRAIL DISTRICT 

(At Chicago Heights, the junction of the Lincolii and 
Dixie Highways.) 

How to Get There — 

By automobile, take Michigan Boulevard south to Garfield 
Boulevard, west to Western Avenue, south on Western Avenue 
and Dixie Highway to South Chicago Heights, west along 
''Sauk Trail'' road, one-half mile to preserve. 

By street car, take Halsted Street car to Sixty-third Street 
Elevated Railroad station and take Crete Electric Line to South 
Chicago Heights and walk one-half mile west along Sauk Trail 
Road to preserve. 

By rail, take Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad from Dear- 
born Street station to Chicago Heights, Crete Electric Line to 
South Chicago Heights and walk one-half mile west along 
Sauk Trail Road to preserve. 

What to Set There — 

The haunts of the old Sauk Indians, hundreds of acres of 
woodland embodying scenic effects not to be found anywhere 
else. Miles of forest connected by the city park of Chicago 
Heights, dotted with bodies of water and beautiful streams 
that are a delight to admirers of the handiwork of nature. 
Dozens of popular picnic spots. Most accessible of all Cook 
County's wooded tracts for motorists. 



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SB 483 
.C75 fl5 
1918a 
Copy 1 



County of Cook 

:OUNTY COMMISSIONERS 

PETER REINBERG, President 



(JRRAY ROBERT W. McKINLAY 

BARTLJbY BURG GEORGE A. MILLER 

WILLIAM BUSSE ALBERT NOWAK 

JOSEPH CAROLAN DUDLEY D. PIERSON 

JOSEPH M. FITZGERALD PETER REINBERG 

CHARLES N. GOODNOW DANIEL RYAN 

WILLIAM H. MACLEAN EMMETT WHEALAN 
FRANK J. WILSON 

ROBERT M. SWEITZER, County Clerk 




COOK COUNTY IN 1918 

The Cook County Commissioners by Virtue 

of Their Office Are Also Forest 

Preserve Commissioners 



